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2. P. TRiFLORUM Eoxb. Fl. Iiid. ii. 126. P. malahatliHcum'H.Qich. 

 Amaryll. 202. Catulli-pola Kheede Malabar, xi. t. 40. — Bulb 

 globose, 1-|— 2 in. diam., without any neck. Leaves tliin, lanceolate, 

 acute, contemporary with the flowers, 8-12 in. long, |^-f in. broad 

 at the middle. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Flowers 4-8 in an 

 umbel ; spathe-valve single, ovate, acute ; pedicels very short. 

 Perianth-tube 1-|~2 in. long, dilated in the upper quarter to a throat 

 i in. diam. ; segments linear, ascending, f-1 in. long. Staminal 

 cup i in. long, with bifid teeth between the short filaments ; anthers 

 ^ in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Peninsular India. There is a specimen in the Eottler Herbarium 

 dried from the garden of the Moravian Missionaries in June, 1799. It is 

 inckided in Hohenaeker's 'Plants of Canara' as Crinum paucijiorum Miquel. 



3. P. zEYLANicuM Limi. Sp. PL 417 ; Bot. Keg. t. 479 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2548. F. tiamjiomm Sahsb. Parad. t. 86.— Bulb globose, 

 1|~2 in. diam., not produced into a distinct neck. Leaves 8-12, 

 thin, lanceolate, glossy green, under a foot long, contemporary with 

 the flowers. Peduncle slender, subterete, much shorter than the 

 leaves. Flowers solitary ; spathe solitary, lanceolate, tubular at 

 the base ; pedicel very short. Perianth-tube 2 in. long, broadly 

 obconic in the upper third ; segments lanceolate, as long as the 

 tube. Staminal cup obconic, -^ in. long, with large bifid teeth 

 between the free tips of the filaments, which are l-lj in. long ; 

 anthers linear, i in. long. Style not overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Tropical Asia. Figured by Eumphius and Commelinus at the 

 beginning of the 17th century, and cultivated in Miller's time. We have it from 

 gardens at Nossi-be (Hildehrandt 32071), and a copy of a figure made by Mr. 

 F. W. Burbidge at Labuan. 



4. P. SicKENBERGii Ascliers. et Schwein. in Berlin Gartenzeit. 

 1883, 345, with figure. — Bulb ovoid. If in. diam., with a long neck. 

 Leaves 3-6, linear, grey-green, a foot Jong, conspicuously spirally 

 twisted, produced after the flowers. Peduncle much shorter than 

 the leaves. Flowers 3-6 in an umbel ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube 1-1|- in. long, obconic in the upper tlikd ; segments 

 lanceolate, as long as the tube. Staminal cup obconic, under an 

 inch long, with a bifid deltoid tooth between the very short free 

 part of each filament ; anthers linear-oblong. Style overtopping 

 the stamens. 



Hab. Desert region on the borders of Egypt and Arabia. Our specimens 

 were gathered in the Sinaitic Peninsula in 1883 by Mr. H. C. Hart. It has the 

 leaves of P. tortuosum and flower of P. maritirnum. 



5. P. coLLiNUM Coss. & Duricu in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. 238. 

 — Closely allied to P. maritimum, but smaller in all its parts, with 

 a perianth-tube l-|-2 in., segments an inch, and a more obconic 

 staminal cup f-f in. long. Pedicels longer, finally -f-l in. long. 

 Capsule and seeds smaller. 



Hab. Algeria, Munby ! Durando ! 



6. P. MARITIMUM Linn. Sp. PL 418 ; Cav. Ic. t. 56 ; Bed. Lil. 

 t. 8 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 161. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam., with brown 

 tunics and a short neck. Leaves 5-6, linear, glaucous, persistent, 

 finally 2-2i ft. long. Peduncle moderately short, compressed, 



